Around 2:15 p.m. Friday, the school bus traveling on State Road 44 stopped to let out children, forcing traffic on both sides of the road to come to a stop, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials.

The driver of the semitrailer tried to stop and attempted to pull onto the shoulder when he realized he couldn't fully stop, FHP officials said. The semitrailer clipped the blue Toyota four-door vehicle, sending it across the roadway and in front of the school bus, which was barely moving at the time.

The driver of the Toyota was airlifted to Halifax Medical Center in critical condition. The semitrailer driver was transported to the hospital by paramedics, officials said.

Volusia County Public Schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait said 14 Woodward Avenue Elementary students were on board, along with a driver and one bus monitor.

Two students complained of minor pain. One was taken to the hospital to be examined and the other student was examined by paramedics on scene, officials said.

Witnesses said the driver of the semitrailer, who FHP identified as 31-year-old Jorge Ruiz, was driving recklessly before the crash. FHP officials said charges against Ruiz are pending.

WHY SHE SAYS SHE SENT THE CASH TO A MAN SHE NEVER MET. WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT SIX. TWO STUDENTS AND TWO ADULTS HURT IN A SCHOOL BUS WRECK. GOOD EVENING. I'M MARTHA SUGALSKI. I'M JIM PAYNE. WE KNOW 14 STUDENTS WERE ON BOARD WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED ON STATE ROAD 44 NEAR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WEST OF DELAND. DAVE MCDANIEL IS LIVE AT THE SCENE. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION? THAT'S RIGHT. THE DRIVER OF THE BLUE TOYOTA THAT WAS ACTUALLY SHOVED ACROSS THE CENTERLINE INTO THAT SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 44 THAT PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO HALIFAX MEDICAL CENTER AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT SEMI-TRUCK THAT WAS INVOLVED IN ALL THIS BACK UP ON ITS WHEELS SO THEY CAN PULL IT OUT OF THE DITCH AND GET IT OFF THE ROADWAY SO THEY CAN REOPEN THE HIGHWAY. BUT WE WANT TO SET THE SCENE AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AROUND 2:15 THIS AFTERNOON A SCHOOL BUS WAS HEADING WEST ON STATE ROAD 44 AND AT PARADISE DRIVE THE SCHOOL BUS STOPPED TO LET OUT A FEW KIDS ON BOARD. OF COURSE FOR THE STOPPED BUS TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP BOTH DIRECTIONS. ACCORDING TO THE FHP THE SEMI-TRUCK WAS COMING EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 44, DIDN'T NOTICE THAT EVERYBODY WAS STOPPED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, TRIED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION, TRIED TO GET OFF ON THE SHOULDER, DIDN'T MAKE IT AND CLIPPED THE BACK OF THAT BLUE TOYOTA HEADING EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 44 SHOVING THAT TOYOTA ACROSS THE CENTERLINE AND INTO THE LEFT FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BUS. 14 KIDS FROM WOODWARD ELEMENTARY WERE ON THE BUS. THE BUS WAS BARELY MOVING BECAUSE IT HAD JUST PULLED AWAY. THAT'S WHY THE OTHER CARS WERE MOVING SO SLOWLY. I'M TOLD A COUPLE OF THEM DID COMPLAIN OF MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES. ONE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ONE POSSIBLY TREATED HERE AT THE SCENE BUT BOTH INJURIES EXTREMELY MINOR. THE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER, THE TRUCK CARRYING BOTTLED WATER SO IT WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY, HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. HIS INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING TO SEE WHETHER ANYONE IS GOING BE CITED. BUT THE FHP WANTS TO REMIND US, EVEN ON RURAL ROADS LIKE STATE ROAD 44 WEST OF DELAND, SCHOOL BUSES ARE CARRYING KIDS. THEY WILL BE STOPPING TO LET KIDS OFF AT VARIOUS ROADS. PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOOKING A HAD OF THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC IS MOVING AND MOVING QUICK ENOUGH THEY CAN AVOID ALL TROUBLE.